Analytics
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Ranchbot’s sensors use satellite technology to monitor tank levels, trends and operation, enabling customers to check water data on their phones or computers in real time. -
A new partnership is endowing state transportation departments in Ohio and Pennsylvania with multiple data points through which to better understand traffic on their roadways and corridors.
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The new data analytics platform brings health, public safety and service information into a single view, in an effort to help officials guide substance abuse prevention efforts and resource decisions.
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The recovery from COVID-19 will be as consequential in shaping communities as the immediate crisis itself. To prepare, state, local and community leaders must prioritize their data capacity now to ensure recovery.
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The U.S. Digital Response is a volunteer effort made of some 3,500 technology experts. Their mission is to help all levels of government meet increased service demands during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Two online surveys using data science both aim to collect and analyze how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Houston and its surrounding areas. Both surveys are have launched and are an initiative by Rice University.
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City officials can now easily view zoning maps, land use, environmental data, infrastructure, signs, ADA improvements, parcel information, parks and other data layers within the mapping system.
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Big tech companies, like Google, are sharing data from your smartphones to help governments in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The situation has raised concerns among privacy advocates.
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Plus, government support groups launch a new COVID-19 local action tracker, the Civic Innovation Challenge kicks off with $9 million in funding, and the New York State Digital Service is now hiring.
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The groups, representing more than 300 police chiefs, 87 county sheriffs and about 10,400 officers, are asking the Department of Health to share COVID-19 infection locations so they can take precautions in responding to calls at the addresses.
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Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rather than trying to track the novel coronavirus online like several other studies, researchers in Missouri are trying to measure topics of concern, subjectivity, social distancing and public sentiment.
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The company disclosed location data from individual smartphones to inform government officials about how people are moving in response to the pandemic. The search giant claims the initiative will help fight the virus.
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It's important to strike a balance between protecting Americans' privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.
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Normally, that information would be shielded to comply with patient confidentiality law, but Alabama and Massachusetts determined that the benefits to public safety outweigh privacy concerns.
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A recently launched dashboard is showing users where people are obeying stay-at-home orders or not. The tool uses anonymized cellphone location data to identify where people are congregating during stay-home orders.
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The discrepancies in Missouri seem to be all about new technology, old practices, mixed messages, and health departments that are trying hard to understand the pandemic that is in front of them.
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Repurposing analytics it used to produce data on the opioid epidemic, Biobot is offering a pro bono water testing program to contribute data to the health community’s growing understanding of the pandemic.
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The city has launched a number of data-enabled digital applications over the past few weeks as a way of keeping residents up to date about the public health crisis occurring throughout the state.
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A city’s walkability contributes to improved health outcomes for residents, lower crime rates and increased civic engagement. Governments can use data and artificial intelligence to improve their streets for pedestrians.
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According to a new report from Duke University’s Center on Science and Technology Policy, online platforms hold a gold mine of data that could help digital epidemiologists track the coronavirus more accurately.
